This entry is part of my personal series on grief, called Wish You Were There, that’s unrelated to travel. I didn’t hold a service or go to one for my sister or my niece (I was taking care of Mom, kind of), but when Mom was the last of that set to die, I was […]
Author: Shelly
Former nomad, currently adjusting.
Most-timers FTW
It’s been a week since friends we met on the road, Melanie and Doug, arrived here in Brownsville, Texas. They’re at the end of their trip exploring the southwest; they’ll head home to Ohio in a bit to regroup before another year on the road. OMG, their visit has been for the win! (We’ve been […]
The KK Brings Friends
We’ve had exciting times at Honeydale Mobile Home and RV Park: a new trailer arrived, and it’s the home of our friends! I’m partly making fun of myself: I get so excited when an rv shows up here because it reminds me we’re not the only travelers left (seems like it among all these mobile […]
Goings on in Brownsville
It’s not until we’re in place for a while and I sit down to blog that I realize how freaking content-rich the traveling life is. When we’re still, I have no cogent theme to write around. How do bloggers bind everything together so neatly when you don’t have a tidy timeline of change to follow? […]
Who’s Who
My first post in this series (this previous post) basically explains what is “Wish You Were There”; this one lays the groundwork. I want to be able to tell you about my family, but I need to get the basics down, first. Above is an absolutely hilarious and absolutely accurate photo of my family. I’m […]
Introducing: Wish You Were There
Edited to add (in August 2025): I’ve taken down several posts in this series because I’m using them in a manuscript I’m writing. I don’t want to take down the whole series, though, because there are some great guest posts here. So, if you’re scrolling through the whole thing or looking through lists of posts […]
The Red Light Game
I think we all used to play a game when we were kids where the leader kid yelled out, “Green light!” and we all ran full-on until that kid yelled, “Red light!” when we skidded to a stop. It’s basically what Tracy and I’ve been doing the past year, either moving or stopping or starting. […]
Critters Local to the Valley
This blog entry begins my attempt at normalcy here in South Texas for the winter. Actually, we’re not in South Texas; we’re in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, aka Rio Grande Valley, the Valley, RGV, whatever. It’s the floodplain region where the river hits the Gulf, on both sides of the border. In any case, […]
My Full Heart (for three days)
Since I hit the road, I’ve blogged philosophically about my rare visits with Finn. After we part and I sit down with my photos, I get all emotional and start feeling sorry for myself that I don’t see him as much as I thought I would—and not nearly as much as I want to. Right […]
Situating, Helicoptering, Celebrating
Getting Situated in Honeydale We’ve been here about three weeks, but I still stumble when friends ask how I like our new winter digs. They’re asking and I’m stumbling because, several times before we got here, I talked about how this could be the place we pick to come back to each winter. But the […]
